Table 2.

Descriptors of Independent Variables including analysis, sample size, ranges, means, medians and standard deviations.

Perceived Coercion		N	Range	Mean	Median	SD	Percentages
Perceived Coercion Scale:	Perceived Coercion Index:	84	0 – 14	6.5	6.0	0.61
Sum of 5 coercion scores = Perceived Coercion Index	Continuous score where:
	lower sum = less coercion
	higher sum = greater coercion.
	(Possible range = 0 – 25)
	Perceived Coercion Dichotomized: split by
	below the median = low coercion		0 - 1				Low: 47 (56%)
	equal to or above median = high coercion.						High: 37 (44%)
Decisional Capacity	Analysis	N	Range	Mean	Median	SD	Percentages
MacArthur Competency Assessment Tool – Treatment (MacCAT-T)	Understanding (Original):	84	2.8 – 6.0	5.31	5.5	0.71
Measures:	Possible range: 0-6
1) Understanding	Two outliers truncated up to a minimum score of 3.6 and transformed by Reflect & Log.		0 - .53	0.192	0.186	0.17
2) Appreciation	Appreciation (Original):		2 – 4	3.93	4.0	0.34
3) Reasoning	Possible range: 0-4
4) Expressing a choice.	As only 4 participants did not get a perfect score of 4, created a categorical variable:
low numbers = less cognitive ability	Appreciation: Yes = 1; No = 0						Yes 80 (95.2%) No 4 (4.8%)
high numbers = greater cognitive ability.	Reasoning (Original):		2 – 8	7.65	8.0	1.0
	Possible range: 0-8
	Majority of participants had a perfect score.
	Also created a dichotomous categorical variable of:
	Reasoning: Yes = 1; No = 0						Yes 71 84.5%) No 13 15.5%)
	Express a Choice (Original):		0 – 2	1.83	2.0	0.53
	Possible range: 0-2
	Majority of participants had a perfect score.
	Also created a dichotomous categorical variable of:
	Express a choice: Yes = 1; No = 0						Yes 76 (90.5%) No 8 (9.5%)